Tag: Lapid
The main surprise of Israel’s latest elections for the19th Knesset was the Yesh Atid party («There is a future»), established less than a year ago it came in second with 19 seats, and is led by 49-year-old Yair Lapid. Some (political opponents) predict it will soon collapse, others (supporters) unquestionably see him as a future leader of the country, still others view Lapid as a product of political technologies grown overseas and grafted onto Israeli soil, similar to the leaders of the «color revolutions» in Eastern Europe, but more subtly so: «no protruding ears» or visible external shocks…
Early parliamentary elections in Israel brought about significant changes in the balance of political power in the country, bringing to it new, largely unexpected elements. On the eve of the elections everyone predicted a landslide victory for the current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the forces allied with him, but the triumph did not materialize… Netanyahu’s first fear is the «Yesh Atid» party led by the new star of the Israeli political scene, the charismatic and photogenic Yair Lapid…